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Advanced Major Project - Mentor log Final Update

after deciding to make a zine for my final submission I sent Robbie over a work in progress copy to see what he though and he believed it was good and that the images worked well together and it flowed okay. only suggesting that on the interior page where I explained the project it was distraction to have the text on top of an image so I ammended that in my final version.

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Advanced Major Project - Mentor log update

after my final shoot I sent more images back over to Robbie and asked him what he would exhibit if he were to pick from them.

these are the images that he sent me back.

some of the ones he had chosen were in my favourites list also and that helped me to decide on a few of the final selections for exhibition.

My final portfolio will contain most of them swell as I am submitting a zine as the final port folio which Robbie agreed was a better idea than trying to condense such a large project down to 10 or 20 images.

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Mentor Log - update 2

Robbie Murrie has looked through my work so far and has given me his thoughts.

He suggested that I try and refine the project down to a more singular style as there is a lot of variation between each shoot and the content in them.

He said that there was more energy and story told in the images where I was out shooting with the painter Rook using flash while he went on a mission painting throw ups and tags around Glasgow. rather than the more posed portrait images with the other artists in the studios and on location. he also suggested that the colour palette shift between the digital and film was very noticeable and that it would be better to completely separate them for the final project.

He also suggested trying to get more of the artists interacting with one another rather than just painting as this project is focused on showcasing a s subculture.

Robbie also said that I should look at getting the best of my film images rescanned as he could tell they were done at gulag due to the colour cast in the images. Ive asked him to give me a crash course on using a flex tight scanner to do them myself and get the best out of each negative.

as well as that he said that there were good images in all of the shoots but they needed refined down to the best of each.

If I do make a zine for the project Robbie thinks that some quotes or small passages from the artists would make a good addition to it.

ive attached that short conversation bellow and will update on any further advice or tips he gives me before submission.

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Advanced Major Project - Mentor Log 2

I have not had a response from Martha Cooper unfortunately, I did get an initial response from Craig Easton however I couldn't follow up until around a week later because I was occupied with some family issues, and I unfortunately haven't heard back from him since.

I have also asked Robbie Murrie to do it since my first update and luckily he's agreed. Robbie is a documentary style portrait photographer who shoots a lot of his work on large format 4x5 film, he is the person I've asked for the last few years when I'm stuck on a photography related issue. ive attached a screen shot of his instagram bellow:

I have sent Robbie over a google drive link with all of my advanced major proeject work so far and asked him to look through it and let me know what he thinks is working and what isn't so much.

I will post another update when I hear back from him. I am also hoping to schedule a shoot with him so he can give me some in person pointers on shooting on the RB67 as it was him that got me interested in that camera system to begin with.

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Advanced major project - mentor log 1

I've sent my initial mentor messages to two photographers so far, Craig Easton and Martha Cooper

my initial messages to both were on instagram as it seemed the easiest place to get responses when I tried to reach out to photographers last year.

my messages for both were quite similar and ill ad them both bellow.

While it would be amazing to get a response from Martha Cooper as she's my favourite photographer and one of the main inspirations for my major project, it might be quite difficult to get any further than online messages with her as she's American and will be on a vastly different timezone than I am.

I am hopeful that I get a response from Craig as his work is very well respected and he has a very similar style to the types of portraits that I like to shoot, he is also Scottish and may possibly be able to meet in person if he still lives here.